Pretty much everything

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Currently on view at Foam, Amsterdam, is a survey of the work of the world famous photographic duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Inez and Vinoodh began their work together in 1986 in Amsterdam. Now, 25 years later, with their campaigns for fashion houses such as YSL, Chanel, Balmain, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chloé, and with regular publications in W Magazine, Vogue and The New York Times, they are amongst the most important photographers in the world today.

Through 15 September 2010

foam.nl

Electric Windows 2010

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Over the course of one week in late July, the historic river city of Beacon in New York’s Hudson Valley will transform into a Mecca of Urban Art when local gallery Open Space unveils the new ELECTRIC WINDOWS 2010. In a one-day live art and music event, 28 of some of the country’s most prolific street artists will converge on Main Street to create original, large-scale works that will be permanently installed on the exteriors of vacant 19th-century buildings. The public installation and launch of the exhibition will be held on Saturday, July 31, at 510 Main Street, beginning at 12pm. ELECTRIC WINDOWS will then be a permanent public art destination, to remain on view year-round.

Raquel Nave

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Currently on view at Mountain Fold is of “Live Free in Hell,” an exhibition of photography and video by Raquel Nave. The show contains polaroids of landscapes, still lifes, nudes, Nave, her family, and her companions. The snapshots represent the identity exploration of a young woman and the journey of an artist working in her style and medium.

55 Fifth Avenue 18th Floor, New York, NY 10003

Through 17 July 2010

mfoldgallery.com

Narwhal Art Projects & FriendsWithYou

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Narwhal Art Projects & FriendsWithYou are pleased to present Daydreamers, a solo exhibition with Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval iii, the incredible minds behind the magic that is FriendsWithYou. Showcasing the first exhibition of their painted works in several years, and focusing on large scale acrylic paintings and soft watercolours, FriendsWithYou reveal a fantastical universe full of colours, magical themes and spirituality.

Narwhal Art Projects, 680 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada

Through 4 July 2010

friendswithyou.com
narwhalartprojects.com

Maison Martin Margiela ‘20′

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Recently opened at Somerset House is Maison Martin Margiela ‘20′, an extensive showcase that celebrates 20 years of the brand’s conceptual approach to fashion. On display are installations, photography, video and film that elaborate on designer Martin Margiela’s philosophy, from its deconstructivist design aesthetics to avant-garde couture and understated branding to store interiors and love for Trompe-l’œil. The show was previously staged at Modemuseum in antwerp and Munich’s Haus Der Kunst.

Through 5 September, 2010

somersethouse.org.uk

Richard Prince – Salon 94

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Salon 94 is pleased to present Richard Prince: T-Shirt Paintings, the inaugural exhibition at Salon 94 Bowery. The show serves as a mini-retrospective of Prince’s painting, spanning nearly twenty-five years of his work. The setting of the show, a raw, un-renovated, former restaurant supply store on the Bowery, echoes Richard Prince’s seminal exhibition “Spiritual America,” which took place in 1983-4 around the corner at 5 Rivington Street.

A full color catalogue accompanies the exhibition. Salon 94 is located at 243 Bowery, New York, NY. Through June 26, 2010.

salon94.com

Matthias Schaller

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This is the first gallery show in the U.S. for Matthias Schaller who has focused almost exclusively on shooting people-less interiors. Whether photographing photographer’s and architect’s studios, Cardinal’s desks in the Vatican, artist’s palettes or original astronaut suits, Schaller’s series or sequences engage with the spirit of the objects and the environment they inhabit. All his different works follow this strategy of indirect portraiture.

April 16 - May 22, 2010

danzigerprojects.com

Leslie Hewitt: On Beauty, Objects, and Dissonance

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This solo exhibition presents the US premiere of Leslie Hewitt’s most recent investigations in photography, sculpture, and site specific installation—that explore her long-standing interest in non-linear perspective and early twentieth century notions of double-consciousness.

Through 10 May 2010

thekitchen.org

Ryan McGinley

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For his latest exhibition, Ryan McGinley has shifted his focus away from constructing a youthful sublime within the boundless American landscape and has concentrated instead on creating imagery within the confines of his New York studio. The result is a surprisingly restrained, open-ended study of black and white portraiture.

Through 17 April 2010

www.teamgal.com

Fashion Loves Hanuk

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Hanuk, a former fashion designer turned photographer, opens his first exhibition at Bellhaus, featuring New York’s fashion-ites in various stares of revelry.

hanuk.com

Erwin Olaf

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The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf’s latest photo and video series, “Hotel” and “Dawn & Dusk,” opened last week at New York’s Hasted Hunt Kraeutler. ‘Dawn & Dusk’ mixes colour and black-and-white photography (a departure for Olaf); while ‘Hotel’ sees melancholic images of doll-like nude women in noirish hotel rooms.

Until March 20 at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, 537 West 24th Street, NYC

hastedhunt.com

HYPER – Denis Darzacq

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HYPER has opened at The Laurence Miller Gallery in New York - an exhibition of 15 photographs by the French photographer Denis Darzacq. Darzacq brings street dancers to the shopping aisles of garish supermarkets in Paris and Rouen and asks them to perform leaps and jumps - capturing them mid flight. Denis Darzacq has exhibited extensively in Europe and Australia over the past ten years. He has worked on music videos and feature films since 1985, collaborated with Agnes B on fashion catalogs, and has three monographs published.

Until March 27, 2010

laurencemillergallery.com

Oooga Booga at The Swiss Institute

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Ooga Booga is an independent book/art store in LA’s Chinatown, which has been championing artists and small pulishers since its opening in 2004. For two and a half months they will be taking up residence in The Reading Room at The Swiss Institute in Soho NYC with a selection of 300 + titles from self to professionally published.

Until Feb 13, 2010

oogaboogastore.com
swissinstitute.net

Week-end by Alex Prager

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Currently on show at Yancy Richardson Gallery NYC is Week-end, an exhibition of new work by LA-based artist Alex Prager. Inspired by her native city, Prager’s dramatic portraits of female characters are reminiscent of the work of Guy Bourdin and David Lynch; infused with a dark sense of foreboding. This is the third installment in the photographic trilogy, and will simultaneously be shown at the M + B Gallery in Los Angeles.

January 14 – February 20, 2010

yanceyrichardson.com

alexprager.com

It’s already the end of the world

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A new exhibition opened this week at the Haunch of Venison New York by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Alfred. The show features 14 paintings, collage works and video that all reflect the connection that people or places have to power, influence and conflict. A 336 page catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Until Feb 20, 2010

haunchofvenison.com

Mike Kelly at Gagosian Gallery

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Currently showing at Gagosian Gallery in New York is an exhibition of paintings by Mike Kelley entitled “Horizontal Tracking Shots.” The show is Kelley’s first exhibit in New York which is devoted solely to paintings.

On view until 23 December, 2009

gagosian.com

Olivier Zahm at Half Gallery

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Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm is exhibiting recent photos from his online diary at Half Gallery (208 Forsyth Street), New York until January 1.

purple-diary.com

Geneviève Gauckler — Digitally Isolated

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Paris-based illustrator and designer Geneviève Gauckler embarks on her first London exhibition. On display is a series of limited edition silkscreen prints and acrylic paintings of her signature loveable characters. The show which opened at the Kemistry Gallery will run until December 19th, 2009.

kemistrygallery.co.uk

032c – Industrial Light Magic

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Berlin based art and culture magazine 032c has just launched their new issue (their 18th to date) to coincide with their first New York exhibition. The issue is dedicated to Thomas Demand and includes a portfolio and theoretical discussion of the artist’s work, amongst their usual mix of unpredictable features and ironic approach to fashion. Until 18.12.2009

www.032c.com

StudioThompson and B Store

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StudioThomson is celebrating its fifth birthday with a pop-up exhibition at London’s oh-so-cool B Store on Savile Row. For those not in the know, StudioThomson is a design and art direction agency that has worked across all media from fashion, to music, to art and interiors. The exhibition showcases a selection of their work for key clients including Pringle, Aquascutum and Preen. You can also pick up one of their notebooks displayed in the windows as a memento, which retail for only ten pounds and come come in 40 different shades.

www.studiothomson.com
www.bstorelondon.com

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